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Creator:
Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998
Title:
Sir Christopher Lytcot, The Parish Church of St. James the Great, West Hanney
Part Of:

Collective Title: Monumental Brass Rubbings

Date:
1968
Materials & Techniques:
Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 56 × 25 inches (142.2 × 63.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Sir Christopher Lytcot, 1599 | West Hanney, Berkshire"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | July 20, 1968"

Lettered lower center: "Under this stone lyeth interred the corps of Sir Chris- | topher Lytcot Knight, twyce high sherief of the county | of Berk (husband of two wives, both in the sayd coun-tye, the former Jane Essex widdowe of Thomas Essex | of Beckett house esq. the latter Catherine Younge wid | owe of Willm Younge of Bastledon Esq) Knighted | in the campe before Roane the xvi th of Novemb' 1591. by | the hands of the french kinge, Henry the fourth of yt | name & king of Navarre. who after his travailes in | Germany Italye, and Fraunce, & Thexecution of ius | tice to the glory of God, & the good of his country, end | ed this pilgrimage, at Bastledon ye xxv th of April 1599."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1982.21.58
Classification:
Brass Rubbings
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | portrait
Associated Places:
Berkshire
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83972
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